Healthier. Here, There, and Everywhere.
CFANS is featured in stories uncovering the secrets to a healthier world across the U of M System
Read U of M System stories about using AI to detect cancer, tapping the power of Lake Superior's waves, addressing food insecurity, disrupting the cycle of Native health disparities, and exploring the miracle of mare's milk.
CFANS is featured in the systemwide campaign for our work on finding an integrated approach to our food challenges. CFANS Dean Brian Buhr is featured as the narrator in the trademark video, above.
Addressing food insecurity continues to be one of the greatest challenges for our state, nation, and world. At CFANS, it’s all hands on deck for helping to feed the world while protecting the environment.
In response to these concerns, CFANS takes a multifaceted and integrated approach in order to feed a growing population while being careful to protect our environment.
It all stems from a primary goal of having nutritious, wholesome, and safe foods for everyone, says Brian Buhr, dean of CFANS. Beyond that, it’s “How do we create a healthier planet with healthier people?” Buhr points to a couple of factors hindering these efforts. First, the land available for agriculture has been shrinking; over the last 40 years the United States has lost acreage for agricultural production equivalent to all the current farmland in Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, the Dakotas, and Indiana combined.
Read more about how CFANS is making Minnesota and the world healthier >
